CVE-2016-9378

CVSS V2 Low 2.1 CVSS V3 Medium 5.5
Description
Xen 4.5.x through 4.7.x on AMD systems without the NRip feature, when emulating instructions that generate software interrupts, allows local HVM guest OS users to cause a denial of service (guest crash) by leveraging an incorrect choice for software interrupt delivery.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2016-9378
  • Assigner
  • cve@mitre.org
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Modified
  • Published Version
  • 2017-02-22T16:59:00
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2017-07-28T01:29:08
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-284 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/284.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:4.5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:4.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:4.5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:4.5.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:4.5.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:4.6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:4.6.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:4.6.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:4.6.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:4.7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:4.7.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
  • Access Vector
  • LOCAL
  • Access Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Authentication
  • NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • NONE
  • Integrity Impact
  • NONE
  • Availability Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Base Score
  • 2.1
  • Severity
  • LOW
  • Exploitability Score
  • 3.9
  • Impact Score
  • 2.9
CVSS Version 3
  • Version
  • 3.0
  • Vector String
  • CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
  • Attack Vector
  • LOCAL
  • Attack Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Privileges Required
  • LOW
  • User Interaction
  • NONE
  • Scope
  • UNCHANGED
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • NONE
  • Availability Impact
  • HIGH
  • Base Score
  • 5.5
  • Base Severity
  • MEDIUM
  • Exploitability Score
  • 1.8
  • Impact Score
  • 3.6
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
http://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-196.html Patch Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94475
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201612-56
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037345
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-9378
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-9378
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 09:17:35 Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-02 14:12:50 2017-02-22T16:59Z 2017-02-22T16:59:00 CVE Published Date updated
2022-12-02 14:12:50 2017-07-28T01:29:08 CVE Modified Date updated
2022-12-02 14:12:50 Modified Vulnerability Status updated